Two young women from the 26th batch of the Green Village West Bengal shared their thoughts and feelings as the end of their LP4Y training is coming close to an end.
Prity Khatoon* is originally from Bangladesh and was a victim of human trafficking in several places of India. She had a child there, and was then rescued by an NGO.
Priyanka, mobilization leader of the Green Village West Bengal, made contact with them and Prity came to the center’s program, to find a job, feed her child and finally become independent.
She graduated from the Green Village (GV) on May 5th and found a job two weeks before as Assistant Chef in a cafe restaurant. She is now earning 12K INR/month and was able to find a flat in Kolkata where she lives alone and can support all her daily needs. A true entrepreneur of her life!
Manisha Parveen comes from Kadamtala, a small slum area in the city of Howrah, near Kolkata. Coming from a devout Muslim family, she entered the center at 23 years old with the willingness to learn business skills and build up the life she wants to have: be a social worker and change the mindset of her community.
She dropped her global engineering studies because she did not have the self-confidence to work hard. Yet, it seemed almost easy for her to graduate with her colleague and friend Prity on May 5th.
Now part of the STARS Club of the GV West Bengal, she became the mobilization and ecosystem ambassador of the center almost one month after her graduation. She is now confident enough to take mobilization actions in her community in Howrah, and already brought 2 new Youths. She will be community life coach of the center for 2 weeks in July and is on the way to be hired as a Cook at Daydreamer love your cup cafe in Kolkata. An inspiration for many Youths and Catalysts!
🎬 Hear Prity and Manisha's testimonies in the following video
*Prity's name has been changed for safety reasons.
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